UNHCR's monsoon aid for Rohingyas in full swing
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said on Friday it is rushing additional aid to Bangladesh where the first monsoon rains have been affecting Cox's Bazar district and hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees there, reports UNB. The first of three scheduled humanitarian airlifts carrying additional shelter materials arrived in Bangladesh...
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People to decide form of poll-time govt: BNP
BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Friday it is the people who will determine under which government the next general election will be held in the country, reports UNB. "Election is a festival for the country's 16 crore people, and they'll join it, no matter whether you...
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Dhaka hopes to win OIC assistant secy post
Bangladesh has geared up its campaign in support of its candidate for the post of OIC assistant secretary general for science and technology, reports UNB. Kamrul Ahsan, secretary (bilateral and consular) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has been nominated for the post of assistant secretary general for science and...
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Sixteen British-Bangladeshis elected councillors in three London boroughs
As many as 16 British-Bangladeshis have been elected councillors in the London boroughs of Camden, Croydon and Redbridge, as a huge number of Bangladesh-origin candidates ran in the local elections, reports bdnews24.com.The results of Thursday's polls in the boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets were not announced until Friday afternoon.According...
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BNP leaders hold meeting, discuss strategies
BNP standing committee members sat in a meeting on Friday with party senior and mid-level leaders to discuss the country's latest political situation and work out its next course of action, reports UNB. The meeting began around 4:20pm at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office.Apart from the party standing committee members,...
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Police recover eight hand bombs in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, May 04 (BSS): Police recovered eight hand bombs from the Shayampur Sand Ghat area under Katakhali Police Station in the city today. On a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid in the area this noon and recovered the live hand bombs. However, none could be arrested in this...
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Guests holding copies of two books after their launch at the national council of the Oikya Nap
Guests holding copies of two books after their launch at the national council of the Oikya Nap at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh in the city on Friday — Focus Bangla
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